My garden is very small and a huge fox hole has been dug out - using a concrete patio floor as the roof. I have tried using an ultrasonic movement detector to drive it/them away + some animal repellents like pepper spray on soil - but to no avail. I would be grateful for any advice.
2006-10-24 08:29:35 · 18 answers · asked by freddyz 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
This is not a joke. Find someone who has a big dog, especially a Great Pyrenees Mountain dog. Gather some of the fur and the scat and place around your patio. Even better to add to it is to have a recording of the dog's bark and you will have no more foxes. Great Pyrenees smell is great at keeping all sorts of animals away.
2006-10-24 09:06:43 · answer #1 · answered by kriend 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your fox was looking for a safe nesting site for it's young. Try creosote as a smell deterrent.
We had a problem with foxes digging holes in our bowling greens,seeking worms we suspect. We applied creosote to the wooden edges around the perimeter ditches and this deterred the foxes crossing over. The foxes used to lift the rubber matting in the ditches and eat the slugs residing beneath. They were quite an effective pest control. I heard of one bowling club which had a fox problem; they got shut of the fox by shooting it and then had a bigger problem with rabbits.
2006-10-24 10:40:42 · answer #2 · answered by kennannaylor 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chicken wire and ground red pepper...like the stuff you put on your pizza.
Foxes, like other canines, have extremely sensitive noses and can't take the scent.
Go look at your local hardware store for "CritterRidder" or somethign of the sort, and look at the first ingredient, it's red pepper.
2006-10-24 09:32:01 · answer #3 · answered by Sgt. Pepper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
best Way is to fence the garden off with chicken wire just make sure it's buried about 6 inch other than that not much apart from getting in touch with a pest control company
2006-10-24 09:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tell him where my garden is, and he can come and chase our hares away, stop them eating all our shrubs & stuff!!!!
Sorry, that's not much use is it? I don't know . . . . could you put a radio down there and leave it on to annoy them? Or stuff down the hole some rags drenched in something they might hate - perhaps essential oil of peppermint or garlic, or maybe parrafin . . . . .
2006-10-24 08:40:17 · answer #5 · answered by Gardenclaire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-26 01:52:32 · answer #6 · answered by vickey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a difficult one. isnt it?
Short of sitting up all night with a shotgun, learn to live with it. At least you will not be bothered by rabbits and cats.
2006-10-25 03:01:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call yor local hunt. Get 15 couple of foxhounds and bolt him with a terrier and by jasus there will be some music outside your garden.
2006-10-24 13:08:25 · answer #8 · answered by Finbarr C 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If the sonic movement detectors don't work, you can also try a water canon one.
2006-10-24 08:39:51 · answer #9 · answered by little_jo_uk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask the RSPCA to help you. Ask them if they are able to do something. The foxes mating sounds are horrific. I hope you dont have to put up with that also.
2006-10-24 08:40:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋